Turi Ngatai MNZM (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui) is Co-Chair of the Bay of Plenty RSLG, a Director on the Food and Fibre CoVE and sits on the Board of the Catholic Leadership Institute, Te Kupenga. He is Interim-Chair Industry Stakeholder Group for Hanga-Aro-Rau WDC.

He was a member of the interim Establishment Board for the Primary Industries WDC, former executive director Māori at Open Polytechnic NZ, previously a senior executive at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and a school principal.

Turi is a director of Te Awanui Huka Pak and is Deputy Chair of the Ngai Te Rangi iwi post-settlement governance entity and Te Runanga o Ngai Te Rangi. He is a representative for Ngāi Te Rangi at the Iwi Chairs Forum, is their spokesman for the WDCs and represents the iwi chairs forum on the Worksafe Partners Advisory Council.